2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2003 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-seventh season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also nineteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship with titles awarded for both Drivers and Teams.^[1] The championship was contested over ten events from 19 April to 13 September 2003.^[2]

The Drivers Championship was won by Björn Wirdheim and the Teams Championship was awarded to Arden International Ltd.

Teams and drivers[]

Björn Wirdheim, pictured at the Hungaroring round, won the Drivers' Championship

Vitantonio Liuzzi pictured at the Hungaroring round, placed fourth in the Drivers' Championship

The following teams and drivers contested the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Arden International	1	Björn Wirdheim	All
	2	Townsend Bell	All
Coloni Motorsport	4	Zsolt Baumgartner	1-9
		Christian Montanari	10
	3	Ricardo Sperafico	All
Super Nova Racing	5	Enrico Toccacelo	All
	6	Derek Hill	1-6
		Nicolas Kiesa	7
		Sam Hancock	8-10
Den Blå Avis	7	Nicolas Kiesa	1-6
	8	Robbie Kerr	1
		Philip Giebler	2-6
Durango	9	Giorgio Pantano	All
	10	Raffaele Giammaria	All
Team Astromega	11	Tony Schmidt	All
	12	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	1-2, 4-6, 10
		Michael Keohane	7-9
Superfund ISR - Charouz	14	Jaroslav Janiš	All
	15	Yannick Schroeder	1-8
Red Bull Junior Team	16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
	17	Patrick Friesacher	1-2, 5-10
		Bernhard Auinger	3-4
BCN F3000	19	Valerio Scassellati	1, 5-6, 8
		Alessandro Piccolo	2-4, 10
		Marc Hynes	7
		Giovanni Berton	9
	18	Rob Nguyen	1-3
		Will Langhorne	4-8
		Ferdinando Monfardini	9-10
	20	Nicolas Minassian	1
	21	Gary Paffett	1

Calendar[]

The 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over a ten event series.^[2][3]

Event	Circuit	Date	Distance	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 April	31 laps / 152.686 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International
2	Circuit de Catalunya	3 May	33 laps / 152.565 km	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Durango
3	A1-Ring	17 May	35 laps / 151.410 km	Ricardo Sperafico	Björn Wirdheim	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport
4	Circuit de Monaco	31 May	45 laps / 150.3 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Nicolas Kiesa	Den Blå Avis
5	Nürburgring	28 June	30 laps / 154.423 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Enrico Toccacelo	Super Nova Racing
6	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	5 July	35 laps / 154.201 km	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Durango
7	Silverstone Circuit	19 July	30 laps / 154.125 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International
8	Hockenheimring	2 August	33 laps / 150.942 km	Ricardo Sperafico	Björn Wirdheim	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport
9	Hungaroring	23 August	35 laps / 153.440 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Patrick Friesacher	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team
10	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	26 laps / 150.353 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos[3] Driver IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN MNZ Points 1 Björn Wirdheim 1 2 2 2 13 2 1 2 2 1 78 2 Ricardo Sperafico 3 Ret 1 DSQ 14 3 4 1 Ret 3 43 3 Giorgio Pantano Ret 1 3 Ret 16 1 2 7 4 Ret 41 4 Vitantonio Liuzzi 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 4 3 4 9 4 39 5 Patrick Friesacher 2 Ret Ret 11 5 3 1 2 36 6 Enrico Toccacelo 5 3 5 Ret 1 13 6 Ret 7 8 30 7 Nicolas Kiesa 12 10 6 1 3 Ret 8 20 8 Jaroslav Janiš DNS 4 9 4 6 Ret 10 8 5 7 20 9 Townsend Bell 9 12 7 6 Ret 12 7 5 3 Ret 17 10 Raffaele Giammaria 7 Ret 14 3 7 8 Ret 10 6 Ret 14 11 Tony Schmidt Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 6 8 6 14 12 Yannick Schroeder 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 9 11 13 13 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Ret Ret 8 8 6 5 9 14 Zsolt Baumgartner 10 7 10 5 11 9 11 9 DNS 6 15 Rob Nguyen 8 5 13 5 16 Derek Hill 15 11 Ret DSQ 5 10 4 17 Phil Giebler Ret 8 Ret 9 DNS 1 18 Alessandro Piccolo 9 12 DNS 11 0 19 Bernhard Auinger 11 9 0 20 Christian Montanari 9 0 21 Will Langhorne 10 12 14 13 12 0 22 Ferdinando Monfardini Ret 10 0 23 Giovanni Berton 10 0 24 Sam Hancock 13 11 DNS 0 25 Nicolas Minassian 11 0 26 Michael Keohane 12 Ret 0 27 Valerio Scassellati 13 15 15 14 0 28 Marc Hynes 14 0 29 Gary Paffett 14 0 – Robbie Kerr DNS 0 Pos Driver IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR MAG SIL HOC HUN MNZ Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold � Pole Italics � Fastest lap

• All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.
• Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers at each event. If two or more drivers had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places and so on.^[3]

Teams Championship[]

Points for the 2003 FIA Formula 300 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each event.^[3] Results from both team cars were taken into account.^[1]

Position [3]	Team [3]	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	MNZ	Total [3]
1	Arden International Ltd	10	8	10	11	0	8	12	12	14	10	95
2	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	13	0	5	0	8	5	10	11	10	13	75
3	Durango Formula	2	10	6	6	2	11	8	2	8	0	55
4	Coloni Motorsport	6	2	10	4	0	6	5	10	0	6	49
5	Super Nova Racing Ltd	4	6	4	0	14	0	4	0	2	1	35
6	ISR - Charouz	3	6	0	7	8	2	0	1	4	2	33
7	Team Astromega	0	3	0	1	1	7	0	3	1	7	23
8	Den Bla Avis	0	0	4	10	6	0	-	-	-	-	20
9	BCN F3000	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
10		0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Complete Overview[]

R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying 13E=grid position, but started from the end of the grid

Place	Name	Team	IMO		CAT		OST		MON		NÜR		MAG		SIL		HOC		HUN		MNZ
1	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	13	2	2	1	1	3	2	5	2	1	1
2	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport	4	3	4	R	1	1	2	R	2	14	4	3	3	4	1	1	6	R	3	3
3	Giorgio Pantano	Durango Formula	7	R	1	1	5	3	3	R	14	R16	1	1	2	2	5	7	2	4	2	R
4	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Junior Team	3	4	10	R	3	4	4	R	5	2	5	4	4	3	2	4	1	9	12	4
5	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team	2	2	12	R	-	-	-	-	4	R	8	11	5	5	4	3	3	1	4	2
6	Enrico Toccacelo	Super Nova Racing	10	5	7	3	7	5	5	R	3	1	14	13	7	6	7	R	8	7	5	8
7	Nicolas Kiesa	Den Blå Avis	13	12	9	10	13	6	6	1	10	3	12	R
		Super Nova Racing													11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jaroslav Janis	Superfund ISR - Charouz	15	NS	5	4	10	9	8	4	12	6	3	R	8	10	8	8	7	5	11	7
9	Townsend Bell	Arden International	5	9	11	12	4	7	18	6	6	R	11	12	6	7	6	5	4	3	7	R
10	Raffaele Giammaria	Durango Formula	8	7	18	R	17	14	9	3	16	7	15	8	14	R	12	10	11	6	8	R
	Tony Schmidt	Team Astromega	12	R	13	6	6	R15	16	R	13E	10	6	5	9	R	10	6	10	8	10	6
12	Yannick Schroeder	Superfund ISR - Charouz	6	6	6	8	16	R	12	7	9	4	7	7	10	9	11	11	NT	-	NT	-
13	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Team Astromega	11	R	3	R	-	-	7	8	8	8	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5
14	Zsolt Baumgartner	Coloni Motorsport	16	10	16	7	9	10	10	5	15	11	9	9	12	11	9	9	9	NS	-	-
15	Rob Nguyen	Team BCN F3000	17	8	15	5	15	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	Derek Hill	Super Nova Racing	19	15	8	11	12	R	14	R	7	5	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	Philip Giebler	Den Blå Avis	-	-	14	R	8	8	15	R	11	9	16	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
18	Alessandro Piccolo	Team BCN F3000	-	-	17	9	11	12	11	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	R11
19	Bernhard Auinger	Red Bull Junior Team	-	-	-	-	14	11	13	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
21	Will Langhorne	Team BCN F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	10	17	12	17	14	15	13	13	12	-	-	-	-
22	Ferdinando Monfardini	Team BCN F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	R	14	R10
23	Giovanni Berton	Team BCN F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-
24	Sam Hancock	Super Nova Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	11	15	NS
25	Nicolas Minassian		9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	Michael Keohane	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	16	R	NT	-	-	-
27	Valerio Scassellati	Team BCN F3000	20	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	15	18	15	-	-	15	14	-	-	-	-
28	Gary Paffett		14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
29	Marc Hynes	Team BCN F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	14	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Robbie Kerr	Den Blå Avis	18	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

See also[]

2003 Euro Formula 3000 season

References[]

Further reading[]

• Automobile Year, 2003/04

External links[]

• FIA F3000 Season Guide
• Barcelona testing images from www.motorsport.com